The Flames rebounded from their season-opening loss to Minnesota by dropping Columbus 3-1 Friday night. The Red Wings took both halves of a home-and-home series with the St. Louis Blues.

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The Joe hasn't been kind to the Flames in recent years. Calgary won the last regular-season meeting in Detroit but that's the only win collected in five clashes there. Of course, that doesn't include the fact the Flames took two of three in Detroit during their playoff series of '04.

Calgary is 2-6-0 in the last eight regular-season clashes against the Red Wings.

Having already collected 12 minutes in the penalty box, and half due to interference infractions, Chris Chelios receives an honour of being one of the first to complain about the obstruction crackdown. "I just don't know what a penalty is and a lot of guys don't know," he told the Detroit News. "It hasn't been clearly defined for a lot of guys" ... Wings D Niklas Kronwall is scheduled for surgery today to repair torn anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in his left knee.